CHAPTER XXX
PLASTERING.

THE plastering throughout should be what is styled a hard finish, and calculated for being scrubbed, whether kept white or painted of some more agreeable shade of color. When rooms are likely to be much abused by patients, the plastering may be very advantageously done with hydraulic cement and sand,—at least as high as can be reached,—and rubbed down so as to be perfectly smooth, and the surface can afterwards be painted of any shade that is deemed most desirable. Paper is not suitable for the walls of a hospital. Paint is very preferable, as it can be scrubbed as often as may be thought necessary.